The Ugly

http://www.businessinsider.com/tor-silk-road-deep-web-2013-3#the-hidden-wiki-catalogs-several-tor-sites-that-would-otherwise-be-impossible-to-find-it-shows-you-a-number-of-sites-claiming-to-offer-things-for-sale-both-legal-and-illegal-1

I can't even describe how ugly this article about the tor network is. It is crazy to think that people can go on this deep web and immediately be able to order so many bad things. The fact that the internet can give someone the ability to order drugs, guns, even hit-men so easily definitely shows the ugly side of the Internet. Before the internet it would be very hard for someone to order a hit-man when he was mad at someone, so hard that if the thought popped into his head he might just disregard it immediately. The fact that now the same man could just hop on the internet and hire someone to kill an enemy for 10 thousand dollars so easily really scares. The tor network is definitely a great example of how the internet can be ugly. I guess I have to be more careful of who I piss off now.

The Bad

http://www.businessinsider.com/th3-pr0-the-18-year-old-syrian-hacker-2013-4

This article about an 18 year old hacker playing games with the stock market definitely shows how the internet can be a bad thing. The fact that a group of people with some bad will can  can use a computer to negatively affect so many people just goes to show how the internet can be dangerous and bad. Not only did he scare people saying that a bomb exploded at the white house, but he also caused stocks to plunge, and it may not seem that bad but the stock markets can cause millions of people to go broke. The fact that someone can ruin so many people's lives so quickly just by using the internet definitely shows how the internet can be bad.

The Good

http://google.org/personfinder/2013-boston-explosions/

The Google person finder for the Boston Marathon explosions was a tool that allowed people who had loved ones at the Boston Marathon locate said love ones with the hope that they were okay. The Boston Marathon bombings where without a doubt a huge tragedy, and caused panic and anxiety among many people. The fact that such a simple internet tool could help alleviate the anxiety that some felt and help authorities to better focus on the problem at hand, rather than receiving calls from people looking for their loved ones goes to show just how good the internet can be.

My view on Anonymous Prepaid Cellphones

When it comes to the case the government eliminating anonymous prepaid cellphones I completely agree.The only legitimate  case I can think of where someone would need an anonymous prepaid cell phone is any case where Evan Ratliff tried to vanish, and even then why would someone try to vanish unless they had something to hide. I can't see why an American who uses a prepaid cell phone would have a problem showing identification when purchasing their prepaid phone, unless they have something to hide. I think that any one who uses an anonymous cell phone could easily adapt to having to show there I.D. when they get a phone, the only people I can see it hindering are criminals. I mean you can't have a car without and I.D. attached to it, you can't have a house with out an I.D. attached to it, why would it be a big deal if you can't have a cell phone with out an identity attached to it. In this case I think the benefits of being able to track criminals out way the hassle that the few people who use anonymous prepaid cell phones would have to undertake.

My Thoughts on location tracking

While trying to form an opinion about parents putting tracking chips in there teenage children, I tried to remain unbiased. I can't imagine my parents putting a tracking chip in me and knowing where I was at all times, however I can see why they would have the right too. When a child is under 18 the parents have a legally responsible for anything that child does. So if putting a tracking chip in there kid could help to limit the repercussions that a parent would suffer if there child did something stupid, then yes I believe that it is within there rights to put a tracking chip in there teenage child. Do I agree with the parents doing it...no I think it goes against the mutual respect and trust that a parent and a teenager share...but I do believe they have the right to do it. Parents already do similar stuff to that all the time; they already put GPS trackers in teenager's cars, and on there cell phones. They also put monitoring software on teenagers computers and cell phones to monitor their activity. So if it is with in a parents right to do this stuff I don't see why it wouldn't be within their rights to put tracking chips in them.

When it comes to parents doing it for young children I think they absolutely have the right. Kids get kidnapped and lost all the times and this would help cut that down allot. Once again would I do this?--No, I think it's kind of weird to implant someone with a chip. And that being said, Personally when the kid is old enough to care from themselves I think the parents should remove the chip, however I believe they have the right to keep it in if they want.

When it comes to old people with mental illnesses I think that if the gave consent or there legal guardian gave consent then it is ok.

When it comes to the government passing a bill to require ID chips in children under the age of five I would wholeheartedly disagree. I think that these tracking chips in children should be a choice of the parents. I mean it could be good in some situations like if a kid gets kidnapped, but I don't think parents should be forced to do this to there children. I feel like it would be a total violation of privacy having the government be able to know where your kid is at all times. It kind of goes along with the NSA data center, they make the argument that they are gathering all this internet info to protect national security, but finding terrorist info withing Millions of gigabytes of the normal day to day internet traffic is almost impossible, and for the gov. to spend billions of dollars on something improbable like that doesn't make sense. So it causes me to think that there must be an alternative motive. So if the gov. made every child under 5 to be implanted with an ID/tracking chip I'd have to question their motives.

First Post

This is my first post, so far I've found cs408 to be pretty interesting, I like the discussions we have in class.